Vegetarian Restaurants in Taipei, Taiwan: Six Options

The Lonely Planet Guidebook to Taiwan unfortunately greatly exaggerates the availability of vegetarian food in Taipei. They tell you to look for the Buddhist symbol, which is a reverse swastika, and vegetarian restaurants will magically and plentifully appear. This is not so. As per usual, finding a vegetarian restaurant in Taipei will take some searching. So in hopes of making this search for vegetarian restaurants easier for you, I have written this article.

Vegetarian Kitchen: Shilin subway station. They are open from 11am-8pm, Telephone (02)8861-5141. As the National Palace Museum is a must-see for any tourist visiting Taipei, Taiwan, you will be delighted to know there is a vegetarian restaurant available for you nearby. Before or after your trip to The National Palace Museum, you can dine at Vegetarian Kitchen. Vegetarian Kitchen is conveniently located in the small pedestrian market at the bottom of the stairs at the Shilin subway station, which is where you get off to take the bus to the National Palace Museum. It is easy to find as it has a sign in English that clearly designates its vegetarian. Prices are reasonable, most expensive dish is 120 NTD. Staff speaks English. The vegetarian dishes at this Taipei restaurant are a bit on the plain side. I had the spicy vegetarian chicken plate, which was yummy and includes, black rice, fake vegetarian chicken patty, soup, veggies, hot sauce. Vegetarian Kitchen also offers some western style spaghetti dishes.